Bezalel Smotrich

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• Religious-Zionist settler activist; co-founded the Regavim NGO in 2006 focused on enforcing Israeli land law and protecting state lands in Judea and Samaria from illegal construction
• Entered the Knesset in 2015 with the Jewish Home / Tkuma alliance; took over Tkuma in 2019 and rebranded it the Religious Zionist Party in 2021
• As Finance Minister has steered Israel's economy through the wartime period, funding the largest defense buildup since the founding generation while preserving the country's investment-grade credit ratings
• Champion of the religious-Zionist settler movement; has overseen the most significant expansion of Jewish community construction in Judea and Samaria in years
• Long-time advocate of applying Israeli sovereignty to Judea and Samaria and reforming the judicial system